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AI agents are showing up in more workplaces—and someone has to manage them. In this episode, Tatiana Ot, CEO of WayFound, shares how non-technical leaders can supervise AI coworkers and ensure they're aligned with business goals. With 22 AI agents on her own team, she offers an inside look at how this machine workforce operates—and why ethical leadership matters.

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Today’s Headlines:

• Elon Musk Plans to Rewrite Human History Using Grok AI - Elon Musk says his AI company, xAI, plans to retrain its Grok chatbot by rewriting the entire foundation of its knowledge base—including the full record of human history. Musk claims that existing AI models are built on biased or inaccurate information, and says Grok will instead be trained on a corrected version of history shaped by user-submitted facts.

  
  
  

  
  

• ElevenLabs Launches 11ai, a Voice Assistant That Can Take Action - Unlike traditional voice assistants that are limited to answering questions, 11ai is designed to understand context and take sequential actions across common workplace tools. The assistant connects directly to applications like Slack, Notion, and Linear through a standardized integration layer called the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

• Reddit Weighs Adopting Sam Altman’s Iris-Scanning Orb for User Verification - Reddit is considering a bold new approach to verifying its users: the World ID system, which uses an iris-scanning “Orb” created by Tools for Humanity—a company co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The idea is to let users prove they’re real, unique, human individuals without having to reveal their actual identities.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Court Filings Reveal OpenAI and io Explored AI Hardware Beyond Earbuds - New court filings have revealed early efforts by OpenAI and Jony Ive’s hardware startup, io, to develop an AI-powered consumer device—one that may not resemble the in-ear wearable many observers expected. The documents, submitted as part of the case, offer a rare look at the companies’ research and early-stage plans.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• IBM AI Agents & and Assistants - 2025 Buyer's Guide - Want to implement responsible AI—but not sure where to start? IBM’s guide to the Foundations of a Responsible AI Program offers a practical framework to help organizations manage AI risk, governance, and ethics. It’s a must-read for leaders navigating AI adoption.

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